Putative murine models of plaque rupture [1]

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 969-972

  Falk, Erling ^a,d   Schwartz, Stephen M ^b   Galis, Zorina S ^c   Rosenfeld, Michael E ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LETTER; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 34247253167     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000261572.33474.e0     Document Type: Letter

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